Means for molding rubber pads for boots and shoes.



J.0BRIEN.

MEANS FOR MOLDING RUBBER PADS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLIOATION FILED 001226.12308.

94.5;340. Patented `w114, 1910.

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MEANS FOR MOLDING RUBBER PADS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification of Letters Ifatent.

Patented Jan. 4, 19.10.

Application filed Octoberi. 1908. Serial No. 459,616.

To allwhom it muy concern:

Be it known that I, JoiiN OBRIEN, a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Brit- `:iin and Ireland, and resident of 103 lVood ber of the pad may be compressed and the l the end of the lun er, then the composition,

usual securing plate more orless enveloped thereby. With this object I so construct the molds employed for molding such pads that after each of these has. been filled with rub' ber composition and the lnetalsecuring plate either placed on the top of such conipound or beneathit as the case may be and the mold closed, a plunger working through the top or bottom of the mold may be forced into its interior to such an extent as to coinpress the rubbei' therein and at the same time force the metal securing plate upward or downward as the case may be to such an extent as to cause it to be more or less enveloped according to the size of the plunger. 'lhe preferred construction of such a mold is that in which the plunrer works through the top thereof and in this case the sides of the mold may either be in combination with the bottom or the top thereof. In the former case the mold will require to be filled with rubber composition, the metal plate placed thereon, and the lid secured before the mold is placed in the vulcanizingpress and the plunger operated, while in the latter case the mol would be first reversed, then the securing plate placed therein on and ,finally a tert e bottom had been secured in` position the mold a ain turned before bein placed in the `vu canizingpress and the p anger operated.

Hitherto in the manufacture of india rub ber heels of the kind referred to the method adopted has been to made in sets of various numbers 1n one bed plateA and to place this bed plate with the molds in it into the vulcanizer the top plate ofwhich is screwed or otherwise forced lace the rubber c0111-, pound into the mol s which are usually down onto the top of theirnbberand left in this osition until the curing or vulcanizing is nislied. It is found however in this process that immediately the heated plate of the vnlcanizer reaches the rubber and presses suddenly upon it the rubber spews out between the top plate and the bed plate and forms [ins around the article being molded which tins have to be removed after the articles are taken from the molds. T he removal of these tins is usually done by hand and much work is entailed thereby, in'ad# dition to which the material in the linsis little or no better than scrap1 india rubber and consequently considera e labor and much waste are involved.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of In describing the invention in detail, refei'ence will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein like characters denote correspondine parts in the several views, iiil whichll1`igure 1, illustrates a top plan, View of the pressure plate; Fig. 2, illustrates a pla-n View of a bed plate; Fig. 3, illustrates a plan view of a plunger plate; Fifr. 4, illustrates a side elevation ot' the said plunger plate with the plungers applied thereto; Fig. 5, illustrates a vertical sectional view of the bed plate and the plunger plate in assembled relation; Fig. 6, illustrates a view similar to Fig. 5, except that the material has een applied to the molds; and Fig. 7, .illustrates a vertical sectional view of the to plate, bed plate and plunger plate in assembled relation.

In these drawings 1, indicates a pressure plate having bolt holes 2, therein, and 3 denotes a bed late having holes 4, adapted to coincide witi the holes 2, in the top ressure plate in order to receive a bolt 12, aving a fastenin device 13, by which tlie pressure )late an bed plate are connected during t e operation of the apparatus. The bed plate is provided with a series of molds 5, iaving central apertures 6, designed to receive the plungers 7, projecting from the plunger plate 8. A

As shown in Fig. 5, the plun er late is placed under the bed plate and t e p lingers but in Fig. 'l slio'w spacing liars interposed between the plunger plaie and lie bed pluie in order that "the disks $7, applied te tlie plungere insiy notbe' lifted above the lower Walle of ne molds until ilie pziirtslizwe been arranged in proper poeirions and the inulerinl ll, tol-ie vulcanized or molded has been applied ro vClie molds. l, 'Ylien the molds lieve neen filled es shown in Fig. 6, the iop 'pressure plete isepplied to prese the niet@ .l-lie disks are embedded in the seid material yalter wliicli the parte of ilie mold ere-disassembled und the opereion may be reieuiecl.

What l claim and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent is:-' A

' i. A mold for .molding heel pads comprising a bed plete lim/ing aperturei communicating 'Willi the melde, e plunger pluie lier'ing plungers therein proino lie nia-textiel con# molds f'lierein lil-lite. seid piangere being adapted to carry disksa and nieane Af'or holding lie bed plate i and plunger'rogezher.

'A mold Jor molding neel pads Consisting of e pressure plate, arl-)ed plaie having molds tlieren with apertures communicating with the molde5 e plunger plate having apertures, plungers having reouced ends t- `ting in tl'ie eperurmstand having their outer ends adapted to enter the' apertures of the bed plate, and means for clamping 'the preseure plate end bed plate together.

3, .ln a. moldiler molding lieel pieds, al

prssure plaie, e. lied plete havingfinolds Wi'lli apertures Communicating with' molds., 'n plunger plete having apertures,

plungers nai/'ing reduced ends fitting. in'4 the Y epeiuree, seid plungers being adapted to project into llie` apertures of the lied plate when the plungerv plete ie in engagement with tlie'bed plete whereby disks carried by tlie plungers may be projected into. the molds. v l

ln witness` whereof have hereunto Set niy hand in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN QBBEN.

'Witneesesz lil. D. JAMESON, A. 'interina n 

